THE Meadows, Mullingar Equestrian and Barnadown played host to three action packed and thrilling days of jumping where combinations earned themselves a coveted golden ticket to the Dublin Horse Show.

The tickets were won in four age classes: four-year-old, five-year-old, six-year-old and seven/eight-year-old horses. It is a great achievement and boost to all the riders, horses, owners and breeders who have qualified as they will get to showcase their talent on a global stage. There were 123 combinations qualified over the four classes and it goes to show the wide range and quality of stallions available to breeders as there are 84 different-sired horses set to compete with Emerald Van’t Rutyershof topping the charts with five offspring, while Tyson, Luidam and Aganix de Seigneur all came in with four apiece.